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Honestly I feel you. My stutter has definitely ruined my social life and I hate it. I have definitely thought of suicide a few times. I can’t say I have fully accepted my stutter but at the same time,...

I've met one other at a work conference and we bonded almost instantly. It's nice when you meet someone who just 'gets it'. ...

I've had similar experiences, I'm sure we all have on this thread. I had close friends of mine who would make fun of me for stuttering. My own family would make fun of me for stuttering. I've certai...

One of my best friends has a stutter just as bad as me and we make fun of each other and laugh at our stutters. Its so freeing and we don't feel hurt when we make fun of each other because we both h...

Apart from a cousin I (25M) have met maybe 2 people who stutter. One i met when i was a teenager and he made me extremely uncomfortable, probably because he reminded me of my own stutter. Another guy ...

Is anybody else on this Sub from the Philadelphia area?

Is anybody else on this Sub from the Philadelphia area? Just curious to see if anybody else active on this sub lives in the same general area that I do. I'm realizing as I get older (24) friends are h...

I would probably be more social and have more friends. One positive thing that stuttering has done is to make me more humble, Im pretty sure I would be quite arrogant if I didn't stutter....

I'm the same. I spent most of my school days sitting quietly at the back of the room, trying to not get noticed. Now I'm an adult, I often try to push myself out of my comfort zone and I'm better off ...

Wait, you just commented on a complete stranger's post that you wanted to hang out?!? Or did you build up to that? If so, how? Because I have the Instagram of this super cute girl who lives in the sam...

How to overcome this

How to overcome this Hey guys, I'm 25 been stuttering my whole life, and to be honest it's never really been a problem for me. Back in my country I have really good close friends they never tried make...

Hang out with friends or family that truly understand you. Also treat yourself. Ice cream helps. That's what I do. ☺️ ...

As long as you're doing your part and contributing to the conversation (not just responding to questions) and trying to get to know them, I think you'll be good. Do you know the reference for my usern...

As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't know less about you and your experience, so I can only share my experience with you and hope that it does something for you. In my experience, people's reactions of...

They might have heard me stutter once or twice but I hardly talk at all because of it..People are fucking judgmental and are not good at hiding it at all.. sometimes I can laugh my stutter off but whe...

Worst: first the day of high school, I couldn’t make any friends because my speech, Best: senior year was the best year of my high school years because finally i had friends, we went to prom togethe...

Are you better one on one? Try making friends with people one at a time, that helps me have better group conversions if I get to know a few individuals...

DAE feel like their stutter is holding them back from forming social relationships?

DAE feel like their stutter is holding them back from forming social relationships? My girlfriend is kinda upset that I don't talk to her family as much as I maybe could, I'm not sure if it's down to ...

Wow, what a story!!!!! I had a similar experience when I met another PWS. Twenty years later, we are still close friends. ...

It is okay to stutter. Please do not be ashamed of being a stutterer. Stuttering is a disability (even though not classified as one usually) but it does not make you any less of a person. With that be...

Having a stammer holds us all back it’s horrible. I’m in a similar situation Michael, I’m in my last year of sixth form and I dread things such as presentations, I would usually bunk school and it sac...